One Way Ticket (1935 film) explained

One Way Ticket
Director:Herbert J. Biberman
Starring:Lloyd Nolan
Peggy Conklin
Walter Connolly
Cinematography:Henry Freulich
Editing:John Rawlins
Studio:Columbia Pictures
Distributor:Columbia Pictures
Runtime:72 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

One Way Ticket is a 1935 American crime film directed by Herbert Biberman starring Lloyd Nolan, Peggy Conklin and Walter Connolly. The film is based on the 1934 novel One-Way Ticket by Ethel Turner.[1]

It was the directorial debut of Biberman, a playwright and theatre director of Marxist political leanings; following some theatrical success in New York, he signed a two-picture deal with Columbia in 1934, and it was followed by Meet Nero Wolfe in 1936.

Plot

A man becomes a robber following the authorities' failure to convict a corrupt banker.[2]

Cast

Critical reception

Writing for The Spectator in 1936, Graham Greene gave the film a mildly good review, judging it to be well acted and describing it as "criticiz[ing] as well as thrill[ing]". Greene drew particular attention to the prison break scene as the film's "one excellent sequence".[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Life in Prison: ONE-WAY TICKET by Ethel Turner . . 22 August 2017.
  2. Book: Dick. Bernard F.. Radical Innocence: A Critical Study of the Hollywood Ten. 11 July 2014. 72. 9780813147710.
  3. Greene. Graham. Graham Greene. 10 April 1936. Liebesmelodie/Pot Luck/If You Could Only Cook/One Way Ticket. The Spectator. (reprinted in: Book: Taylor. John Russell. John Russell Taylor. 1980. The Pleasure Dome. 65. 0192812866. registration.)